@@sir.jackalite6103 Something that I did in my playthrough to charge the Ebony Blade was to do Namira's daedric quest 'The Taste of Death' because you can betray Namira's cult instead of eating Verulus and since the NPCs present have a positive disposition to you, it will charge the blade. Furthermore, I was able to get Eola to wait outside of the cell so I could use her for Boethiah's quest later. Namira counts Azura as one of her enemies and charging the Ebony Blade this way serves Mephala at the same time while not doing anything morally wrong seeing as they were all cannibals about to eat a priest.
@Pragmatic Skeptic there is a mod called armor of the velothi part 1 through 4, the mods come with redoran hearthguard weapons that are perfect for this character
It is indeed. I just subscribed today. I was looking for a Japanese Samurai or Ronin type build, and this one was perfect. I didn't even know these clothes and hat existed. So thanks to him I can finally have that Ronin warrior vibe I love so much from Ghost of Tsushima. Between that game and Skyrim those are my two favorite games that I spend the most time in. I love the whole Aesthetic of this build so much. I've started watching some of his other Elder Scrolls videos too. Extremely good quality content.
“Long Ago in a distant land, I, MIRAAK the dragonborn of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! BUT a foolish Samurai Dunmer wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me! Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal to Oblivion and flung him into Apocrypha, where Hermaeus Mora was waiting! Now the fool seeks to return to Solstheim and undo the madness that is Miraak!” Gotta Get Back Save Yourself! Samurai Elf!
"Long Ago in a distant land, I, MIRAAK the Dragonborn of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! BUT a foolish Samurai Dunmer wielding a magic sword, wielding the Dragonborn of Darkness, wielding a magic sword, wielding a foolish Samurai Dunmer, wielding the Dragonborn of Darkness, wielding a foolish Samurai Dunmer, wielding a magic sword, wielding a magic sword, wielding the Dragonborn of Darkness, wielding a foolish Samurai Dunmer wielding a magic sword" Yourself Gotta Elf Save Samurai Back!
I came up with my own special move during a playthrough with this guy: Su'um Ahrk Morah. All it really is is using the full Slow Time Shout, but I love to roleplay it as the Swordmaster taking the breathing techniques he learned as part of training his Thu'um, combining them with his already-present discipline, and pushing his body to the limit to unleash a flurry of strikes faster than the eye can follow.
now this is a sick build. Like the fact that you made a vanilla variant of the gear too. Both looks amazing! The alternate armors and clothing that the anniversary update and upgrade brings are well done. Even added a variant of mage robes colored black with gold trimmings. Reminds me of of a certain mask with a hood of similar colors...
The vanilla variant is what our original build used several years ago, but the new Ghosts of the Tribunal stuff just looked amazing! It was a great chance to dig up an old idea we had floating around for a while.
I literally have started my own anniversary playthrough and I'm so annoyed that I can't play two at once! Your builds are so amazing!! I can't wait for more!
My best Skyrim build this far has been a Paladin build and I noticed that playing him felt very natural to the world of Skyrim as there are so many quests that have to do with helping people or doing morally good things. This taken into notion, I would see that playing a character that replaces "Kindness" with "Honor" would be an interesting experience!
@@Skypothesis A small update: Hit level 14 on this build yesterday and I am loving it! Only having issues levelling Block since so many people die instantly to upgraded swords. I am sparing the Ghosts of Tribunal as a reward for when I hit level 20 and buying it only then
It’s great to see you back with another awesome build! As always, I love how you include lore, backstory, and motivation for the character. I like that you focused on a roleplay reason not to go any farther into the questline because the Swordmaster wouldn’t kill Paarthurnax, which enables him to side with the Blades without killing Paarthurnax. The aesthetic of the character represents the Swordmaster vibe perfectly. I especially like the Boots of Waterwalking to give a mystical feel. I'm looking forward to more builds! :)
So while I know this is a risky move, considering how fiction is recieved on TH-cam, I would love a narrative serie centered around your characters. Imagine a fight between the Rebel and the Imperial Spectre, the reunion of the Relic Hunter and the Jade Huntress, or the Aetherial Pilgrim and the Ghost of Atmora having a passionnate discussion about the All-Maker...
Recently discovered you guys after being a FudgeMuppet fan for years and now I love your videos too! Between the two channels I could play a new Skyrim build every week for the rest of my life and never finish the awesomeness. I’m hoping someone makes a build utilizing all the new crossbows, particularly on survival mode!
It’s really fun as a new subscriber to go back and forth between videos and see how well you guys tie in each character into each others story. Y’all are gifted story tellers! I’m excited to play this build!
We're finally here! I really can't wait to see more Creation Club-involved builds since they have plenty of 'vanilla'-ish armor sets that no doubt you all could pull off beautifully.
Welcome back to Skypothesis! This video is the first of many Anniversary Edition builds - though we will not be formatting them in a season with weekly releases. Instead, we will upload the builds as we finish them - but stay tuned for another vanilla season that's in the works! As always, thanks for liking, subscribing, and commenting to help us keep the magic of Skyrim alive. 👾Join the Skypothesis Discord: discord.gg/wSMzmDy7q2 👕Check out our new merch shop and support the channel: skypothesis.creator-spring.com/
Could you make a Daredevil type build? Blind Religious Vigilante with a Martyr complex seems like something from a Fantasy game so i think it could fit well. If you DO do this and have trouble finding a Monotheistic religion the Skall religion mirrors Christianity in a couple ways, their God is called "the All Maker" and they have a Devil called "The Adversary". I do not know how you would do the blind part though... I haven't found a mod or anything like that yet.
@@60sspider-man29 Someone on our discord was talking about making a blind build and using clairvoyance as a way to roleplay an extra "sense" using magicka and it sounded really interesting.
I like the Skypothesis builds because they're not just usable, they're really imaginative as well. I consider Skypothesis one of the BEST Skyrim build channels on TH-cam. As for this build, I like it. I'm really interested in trying it out.
This is an excellent build! However, I recomend just a minor change: Use either Goldbrand or The Ebony Blade. Traditionally, Dunmer worship the Tribunal, which are the three Daedric Princes Mephala, Boethiah, and Azura. To a true Dunmer, being the champion of any of these three would be considered honorable (even if they are shady from our point of view). These weapons not only compliment the build and play style, but fit the lore and is aesthetically pleasing. For PC players, using CGO to change grip will make Goldbrand look and feel best for this character.
I liked the Ebony greatsword, it reminds me of a Miao Dao from China. My main gripe for Goldbrand was that it was tiny compared to an ordinary blades sword, but Ebony blade is fine.
As a huge fan of classic samourai japanese movies like the ones made by Akira Kurosawa or Masaki Kobayashi (i hope you know those producers because they made absolute MASTER PIECES) i'm really glad you finally made a samourai build. His ethical way to approch combat, his special moves, his roleplay. He really have his own vibe and i can imagine him letting his ennemy do his best while he dodge his attacks and turn his strenght against him with grace. This is the perfect build for anyone who wan't a true new Skyrim experience ! I also would like to say that you really improve the general cinematography of your videos since your first build and it's a true plasure to see your videos format slowly improve trought the seasons. It's also nice that you take the same care for this "bonus" build than a normal season build would have receveid ! I can't wait to see what others cool characters you will create with what the anniversary edition has to offer !
@@thepriorstone4064 Lorewise Redoran do not make use of slaves and do not aprove of slavery -- I can't recall them using any in TES 3 Morrowind and they don use it in ESO either. That'd be one of the other Great Houses (Hlaalu, Dres, Telvanni, etc)... Most likely the Telvanni, though.
Welcome back skypothosis, also tip, camelworks has done a video on how to get every new fish easily, may come in handy, also I like this build, but it has no range, without range dragons become very long waits for them to land
You made a spot for Quick Reflexes! :P I like the different outfit options, too. I think there's also potential here to play as the prideful student, as someone less experienced who could be shaken by the Helgen ordeal and then go on a journey to better himself.
I've only seen three builds so far from you guys. But so far, this is one of the most beautiful builds I've seen thus far. (especially loving how you use the Priest Robes, and standard chitin helm, for Switch, or Standard game players.) Amazing. 👍🏼
I've never seen someone put this much effort in a skyrim build of all things, you're insanely talented and I am so glad you do what you do. You earned my sub in less than a minute, keep it up!!!
After watching all of the fudgemuppet skyrim builds and passing the 10 year anniversary, I thought I was done with Skyrim. But your videos really made me fall back in love with this game, please keep up the good work!
I was really hoping for a cool dunmer build with this new Edition of Skyrim, and you guys certainly delivered! This is an awesome build concept and will most likely put in another 100+ hours of gameplay into my steam library
An idea for a build is a blind monk who is intimidating and battle hardened. However, he is a kind and helpful person with some emotional coldness. Perhaps he was cursed by a daedric prince that you can roleplay getting payback on, or you could roleplay forgiving the daedric prince and helping him/her.
I realized I have played melee non-magic builds through Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim for my first time through each time. I am going to use a similar aesthetic to this build but RP that my character is the same as the one from Morrowind, just that the Corpus disease has stopped his aging. The periods of peace between the games let the character become rusty and forget any magics they learned along the way minus the basics. So each game is now a rusty hero regaining their past knowledge over the first couple of weeks. Helps explain the basic martial abilities of each character as well as their basic understanding of magic. All-in-all, it will make some good RP.
After watching this video and getting the master piandao vibe it would be cool to see a build with a Zuko theme. Dark elf race the uses fire magic and dual wield scimitars to represent Zukos ability to use firebending and swordsmanship. Zuko also has an amazing character arch that could be used as inspiration for a great backstory for a playthrough.
That's a cool idea. I've also thought of doing an Iroh-inspired build. Old Altmer, Ex-Thalmor General. Destruction (Fire), Illusion (Calm/Courage spells), maybe Speech and Alchemy ('teamaking,' potions that buff destruction damage). Lots of parallels in quests: Not killing Parthunax, reuniting with the Psijic Order (The White Lotus)
Yes yall are back with a great build can a new playthrough. But can we all just say that this charter would sit down and relax in the wild with the ghost of Atmore.
By the Nine, this is a glorious return. An excellent build and look forward to seeing what u come up with next. Senior builds have inspired me to replay Skyrim and try some of these for myself
A very fun build to play. I'd venture to say that the reason this build is so popular, as suggested by the views, is because it's a morally good character who puts honor at the forefront. I personally don't care for the less virtuous builds, especially the vampire and conjuration based ones.
I love how you at the exact moment you say that the character "believes in the virtues of combat and prefers to rely on his sword" cast a spell in the video. Gold.
With creation club i definitely remastered my redguard build. I grabbed the remnant armor add-on, the fishing add-on for the ring of khajiit makes you 10% faster, all perks of restoration, all 5 on armsman, dual savagery and as well as the previous perk 2/2 in it, in destruction to adept perk so you can get Whirlwind Cloak, majority perks in alteration, most perks in alchemy, all 5 in in enchanter and tooked the middle branch of enchanting. My stone was the lover stone until maxxed out to get the atronach stone so i had 80% spell absorption to fight the Thalmor. And my home was the dread man's ship. My weapons was remnant swords.
I'm 15 hours into a variant of this character. The immersion, the glass cannon gameplay requiring precise timing, and just how well this build falls into Survival mode- I'm having the best time playing the game since my very first playthrough. Thank you for the work you do.
Wait ?! its like exactly the same build as mine on morrowind like 12 years ago. Wow it bring back strong memories, i think im gonna buy this game again
sheesh that man got the drip! that was a nice blademaster build. Glad to see you guys back! despite the "limitations" of the melee fighting system you guys nailed it
Amazing build, really liked the armor combo and the backstory, I'll try to adapt this to my next morrowind playtrough since i dont have skyrim anymore.
A martial artist destruction alteration unarmed build or something like that could be interesting or a traveling cook alchemy build probably cannibalistic or not I enjoy playing the build of your video his story is solid and i like it's Playstyle Especially the lack of pride aspect of him is personal appealing to me
While I don’t play vanilla anymore I LOVE this channel for the stories you guys come up with and I use theses builds as a footprint for my modded play👍🏼
Ive probably restarted 10 times now and this might be the build that keeps me going Would really like to see your take on a witch hunter/witcher style build as that was my most played back in the day
Really happy your channel across my Recommended feed, especially as I'm getting back into Skyrim and trying to come up with a build. These videos are beautifully crafted and the lore/backstory is really inspiring. Keep up the amazing work!
A moment of truth I usually watch Fudgemuppet Builds but when I saw this in my recommended list and started watching I was in aww, the music, character design and the story I can get on board with this build, seriously well done I really liked the build idea 👏👏👏👏👏 P.S: U've got my like and sub 👊
Love this build 👍🏻gonna copy it abit I think 🤔 gonna do a royal samurai build with extravagant robes and the aetherial crown. Goldbrand and elven or glass gauntlet and boots. Gonna use one handed, block and alteration and maybe smithing in higher level to boost damage output and armour pieces abit. Perhaps some restoration for healing and undead fighting. Definitely side with dawnguard and do the main story first thing. Damm this anniversary edition has me pumped for Skyrim again 🤘🏻👍🏻. Love the channel you guys keep it up.
Add in the Telvanni robes for aesthetic and that noble samurai lord look really comes to life. I really love playing this build all n all. Good job guys.
I’m playing this build now but I used one mod to put an two handed katana in the game basically just an ebony blade with no enchantment it looks awesome. I also added alchemy Fight with honor but don’t let an opponent get the first strike on legendary haha
I wanted to do a samurai and found this video, now I have a Redguard, looking like a Mongol Using these cloths and the Dragonbane. such an easy to make and cool to play build! ^^
This is a fun build. I’m a fan of two handed weapon combat in this game but I usually just brute smash my way through everything. I like that this build comes with a “special moves” discussion and the samurai’s vow not to initiate combat. it really helped me step back and look at my play style and incorporate the play mechanics y’all suggest. Though, I still slaughter the undead without wasting time on ceremony. Another thing I like about this build is the fact it doesn’t rely on enchanting to exist. I struggle with enchanting heavily because it requires the souls of animals and individuals to be trapped in a gem and turn destroyed in fueling that skill. It never quite “clicked” until I did the Dawnguard quest that has you entering into that purgatory-like soul gem and all the folk who are trapped in that hell. In fact, I’ve stopped playing Skyrim on many occasions because this aspect runs me the wrong way. Along with fighting side by side with the vampire lady. I wanted to kill her so many times but the game wouldn’t let me. So I quit. I come back from time to time to see if I can play on moral grounds that don’t cause me to flinch and quit. This build allows me to do that. Side note, there’s a way to get an ebony greatsword and bow right out of the gate in some tombs southeast of Morthal. Took a bit of work but finally got both weapons.
I think the next build I play will be something like this. I love your builds they all feel super unique and I think you guys make the absolute best out of the new anniversary edition content, more so than others. I don't really tend to play other people's builds, but you ALWAYS give me inspiration for my playthroughs. Thank u for the tons of inspiration :)
Not sure why I hadn't posted on this one before now. As a fan of two-handed builds this one is certainly very interesting to me, and would be a challenge on master difficulty for sure. I'm not sold on the overall aesthetic, especially the hat, but the overall concept of a lightly armored swordfighter is very cool. I've tried many similar ideas, usually with light armor, and find that the two main weaknesses are - a lack of range, and crowd control. The first can be mitigated with careful positioning and Become Ethereal/Whirlwind Sprint, but the latter is always a concern as convenient chokepoints will not always be available. I also had an idea earlier, the Shadowrend greatsword has a weakness to magicka enchantment - this could be combined with an elemental cloak and a strong Block skill to weaken enemies while you wait for a moment to strike. The enchantment on the sword is fairly modest, but infinite I think, not sure if it would be effective or not, but worth testing. Kind of a cross between this character and the Reaver. Anyway, another beautifully presented build, and a joy to watch, as always.
Yeah I think the hat is a love it or hate it aesthetic. I like the shadowrend Idea! Just not a fan of shadowrend itself (it looks way too edgelordy for my tastes).
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While I wholly support the Redoran Dunmeri for this build, I would argue that a Yokudan/ Redguard would also be amazing.
@Pragmatic Skeptic the Ebony Blade would have been a good look aesthetically but unfortunately the weapon perk goes against the character's ideals
@@sir.jackalite6103 should have used the blades swords
@@sir.jackalite6103 Something that I did in my playthrough to charge the Ebony Blade was to do Namira's daedric quest 'The Taste of Death' because you can betray Namira's cult instead of eating Verulus and since the NPCs present have a positive disposition to you, it will charge the blade. Furthermore, I was able to get Eola to wait outside of the cell so I could use her for Boethiah's quest later.
Namira counts Azura as one of her enemies and charging the Ebony Blade this way serves Mephala at the same time while not doing anything morally wrong seeing as they were all cannibals about to eat a priest.
@@NiceuRiceu Fantastic ideas! :D
@Pragmatic Skeptic there is a mod called armor of the velothi part 1 through 4, the mods come with redoran hearthguard weapons that are perfect for this character
This channel is so underrated it’s seriously one of the best elder scrolls channels
Thank you Shrek ❤️
I couldn't agree more. I'm surprised this doesn't have millions of subs
It is indeed. I just subscribed today. I was looking for a Japanese Samurai or Ronin type build, and this one was perfect. I didn't even know these clothes and hat existed. So thanks to him I can finally have that Ronin warrior vibe I love so much from Ghost of Tsushima. Between that game and Skyrim those are my two favorite games that I spend the most time in. I love the whole Aesthetic of this build so much. I've started watching some of his other Elder Scrolls videos too. Extremely good quality content.
“Long Ago in a distant land, I, MIRAAK the dragonborn of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! BUT a foolish Samurai Dunmer wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me! Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal to Oblivion and flung him into Apocrypha, where Hermaeus Mora was waiting! Now the fool seeks to return to Solstheim and undo the madness that is Miraak!”
Gotta Get Back Save Yourself! Samurai Elf!
"Long Ago in a distant land, I, MIRAAK the Dragonborn of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! BUT a foolish Samurai Dunmer wielding a magic sword, wielding the Dragonborn of Darkness, wielding a magic sword, wielding a foolish Samurai Dunmer, wielding the Dragonborn of Darkness, wielding a foolish Samurai Dunmer, wielding a magic sword, wielding a magic sword, wielding the Dragonborn of Darkness, wielding a foolish Samurai Dunmer wielding a magic sword"
Yourself Gotta Elf Save Samurai Back!
@@burrzie8446 *Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and f**#cking** died*
Edit: forgot about the hashtag feature 🙄
Epic.
Gotta get back back to the island Samurai Red(oran)
Wachaaaaaaa~
I watched seasons 1 and two a couple months ago, but my HBO max subscription expired, so i can't watch it :(
I came up with my own special move during a playthrough with this guy: Su'um Ahrk Morah. All it really is is using the full Slow Time Shout, but I love to roleplay it as the Swordmaster taking the breathing techniques he learned as part of training his Thu'um, combining them with his already-present discipline, and pushing his body to the limit to unleash a flurry of strikes faster than the eye can follow.
I have to thank y'all. By following this build, I rolled quite possibly my favorite Dragonborn yet.
now this is a sick build. Like the fact that you made a vanilla variant of the gear too. Both looks amazing! The alternate armors and clothing that the anniversary update and upgrade brings are well done. Even added a variant of mage robes colored black with gold trimmings. Reminds me of of a certain mask with a hood of similar colors...
The vanilla variant is what our original build used several years ago, but the new Ghosts of the Tribunal stuff just looked amazing! It was a great chance to dig up an old idea we had floating around for a while.
@@Skypothesis Ah yes. You guys did mentioned the original look in the video. Again It's incredible.
Talos preserve us. y’all are back.
THE LORDS HAVE RETURNED TO US ONCE MORE BABY!!!!
I literally have started my own anniversary playthrough and I'm so annoyed that I can't play two at once! Your builds are so amazing!! I can't wait for more!
My best Skyrim build this far has been a Paladin build and I noticed that playing him felt very natural to the world of Skyrim as there are so many quests that have to do with helping people or doing morally good things. This taken into notion, I would see that playing a character that replaces "Kindness" with "Honor" would be an interesting experience!
Love that - we also love “good” characters. There are way too many evil characters hahaha
@@Skypothesis Not to mention how hard it is to play evil characters believably in Skyrim
@@Skypothesis A small update: Hit level 14 on this build yesterday and I am loving it! Only having issues levelling Block since so many people die instantly to upgraded swords. I am sparing the Ghosts of Tribunal as a reward for when I hit level 20 and buying it only then
Your builds are so underrated, I don't know how I didn't run into this channel before.
Thanks man! Glad you found us :)
It’s great to see you back with another awesome build! As always, I love how you include lore, backstory, and motivation for the character. I like that you focused on a roleplay reason not to go any farther into the questline because the Swordmaster wouldn’t kill Paarthurnax, which enables him to side with the Blades without killing Paarthurnax. The aesthetic of the character represents the Swordmaster vibe perfectly. I especially like the Boots of Waterwalking to give a mystical feel. I'm looking forward to more builds! :)
Yes, we decided the upgrades to Sky Haven Temple weren't worth it. It's fine as-is. I wish the Paarthurnax Dilemma mod was vanilla haha
So while I know this is a risky move, considering how fiction is recieved on TH-cam, I would love a narrative serie centered around your characters.
Imagine a fight between the Rebel and the Imperial Spectre, the reunion of the Relic Hunter and the Jade Huntress, or the Aetherial Pilgrim and the Ghost of Atmora having a passionnate discussion about the All-Maker...
Those are some sweet ideas we’d love to see fleshed out honestly. But you’re right, the format + TH-cam aren’t the best of friends haha
Recently discovered you guys after being a FudgeMuppet fan for years and now I love your videos too! Between the two channels I could play a new Skyrim build every week for the rest of my life and never finish the awesomeness.
I’m hoping someone makes a build utilizing all the new crossbows, particularly on survival mode!
It’s really fun as a new subscriber to go back and forth between videos and see how well you guys tie in each character into each others story. Y’all are gifted story tellers! I’m excited to play this build!
We're finally here! I really can't wait to see more Creation Club-involved builds since they have plenty of 'vanilla'-ish armor sets that no doubt you all could pull off beautifully.
Welcome back to Skypothesis! This video is the first of many Anniversary Edition builds - though we will not be formatting them in a season with weekly releases. Instead, we will upload the builds as we finish them - but stay tuned for another vanilla season that's in the works!
As always, thanks for liking, subscribing, and commenting to help us keep the magic of Skyrim alive.
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Could you make a Daredevil type build? Blind Religious Vigilante with a Martyr complex seems like something from a Fantasy game so i think it could fit well. If you DO do this and have trouble finding a Monotheistic religion the Skall religion mirrors Christianity in a couple ways, their God is called "the All Maker" and they have a Devil called "The Adversary". I do not know how you would do the blind part though... I haven't found a mod or anything like that yet.
What mods do you have because your stances and melee combat are different than vanilla but not drastic enough to make it to fantasy.
@@bbjynx1036 We use a couple mods like violens and PCEA2 for the sake of production.
@@60sspider-man29 Someone on our discord was talking about making a blind build and using clairvoyance as a way to roleplay an extra "sense" using magicka and it sounded really interesting.
@@Skypothesis oh that sounds cool!
I like the Skypothesis builds because they're not just usable, they're really imaginative as well. I consider Skypothesis one of the BEST Skyrim build channels on TH-cam.
As for this build, I like it. I'm really interested in trying it out.
Thank you so much man!
This is an excellent build! However, I recomend just a minor change: Use either Goldbrand or The Ebony Blade.
Traditionally, Dunmer worship the Tribunal, which are the three Daedric Princes Mephala, Boethiah, and Azura. To a true Dunmer, being the champion of any of these three would be considered honorable (even if they are shady from our point of view).
These weapons not only compliment the build and play style, but fit the lore and is aesthetically pleasing.
For PC players, using CGO to change grip will make Goldbrand look and feel best for this character.
I liked the Ebony greatsword, it reminds me of a Miao Dao from China. My main gripe for Goldbrand was that it was tiny compared to an ordinary blades sword, but Ebony blade is fine.
The Tribunal are the living Gods: Vivec, Almalexia, and Sotha Sil. Not the Daedra
You’ve confused the reclamations with the tribunal
Welcome back guys! This build is a brilliant start to the anniversary stuff and can't wait for the next one
Stay tuned!!
As a huge fan of classic samourai japanese movies like the ones made by Akira Kurosawa or Masaki Kobayashi (i hope you know those producers because they made absolute MASTER PIECES) i'm really glad you finally made a samourai build.
His ethical way to approch combat, his special moves, his roleplay. He really have his own vibe and i can imagine him letting his ennemy do his best while he dodge his attacks and turn his strenght against him with grace. This is the perfect build for anyone who wan't a true new Skyrim experience !
I also would like to say that you really improve the general cinematography of your videos since your first build and it's a true plasure to see your videos format slowly improve trought the seasons. It's also nice that you take the same care for this "bonus" build than a normal season build would have receveid ! I can't wait to see what others cool characters you will create with what the anniversary edition has to offer !
Skypothesis did eventually come through. They gave me the ronin build :)
This is by far my favorite AE build you guys made, beautiful aesthetic and amazing roleplay and gameplay
Love this build, the Redoran are an honorable and respectable people.
Minus the ones who still use slavery, anyway
@@thepriorstone4064 Lorewise Redoran do not make use of slaves and do not aprove of slavery -- I can't recall them using any in TES 3 Morrowind and they don use it in ESO either.
That'd be one of the other Great Houses (Hlaalu, Dres, Telvanni, etc)... Most likely the Telvanni, though.
Welcome back skypothosis, also tip, camelworks has done a video on how to get every new fish easily, may come in handy, also I like this build, but it has no range, without range dragons become very long waits for them to land
Yes good point. This is the sort of build that shouldn't procrastinate getting dragonrend.
I think this is my new favourite character, glad to have you back
For this build I also like to include healing hands as I like to imagine that he goes around healing those in need
You made a spot for Quick Reflexes! :P I like the different outfit options, too.
I think there's also potential here to play as the prideful student, as someone less experienced who could be shaken by the Helgen ordeal and then go on a journey to better himself.
I've only seen three builds so far from you guys. But so far, this is one of the most beautiful builds I've seen thus far. (especially loving how you use the Priest Robes, and standard chitin helm, for Switch, or Standard game players.) Amazing. 👍🏼
I've never seen someone put this much effort in a skyrim build of all things, you're insanely talented and I am so glad you do what you do. You earned my sub in less than a minute, keep it up!!!
Thank you for the sub!
After watching all of the fudgemuppet skyrim builds and passing the 10 year anniversary, I thought I was done with Skyrim. But your videos really made me fall back in love with this game, please keep up the good work!
I've uncovered gold here. New Vegas builds, vanilla Skyrim builds, pure kino. Keep up the good work.
I was really hoping for a cool dunmer build with this new Edition of Skyrim, and you guys certainly delivered! This is an awesome build concept and will most likely put in another 100+ hours of gameplay into my steam library
An idea for a build is a blind monk who is intimidating and battle hardened. However, he is a kind and helpful person with some emotional coldness. Perhaps he was cursed by a daedric prince that you can roleplay getting payback on, or you could roleplay forgiving the daedric prince and helping him/her.
Hey that’s a fun idea :)
@@Skypothesis sorry for bringing this up but you could use the boots of blinding speed in anniversary edition
I am playing this right now and ngl, this is the first two handed build I actually enjoy! Nice work guys! Keep them coming!
I realized I have played melee non-magic builds through Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim for my first time through each time. I am going to use a similar aesthetic to this build but RP that my character is the same as the one from Morrowind, just that the Corpus disease has stopped his aging. The periods of peace between the games let the character become rusty and forget any magics they learned along the way minus the basics. So each game is now a rusty hero regaining their past knowledge over the first couple of weeks. Helps explain the basic martial abilities of each character as well as their basic understanding of magic. All-in-all, it will make some good RP.
Also: Last tip: Orcish Greatsword makes a good placeholder weapon for the time you don't have access to Ebony Greatsword.
Yeah I’m using that until ebony
I was one of the few that was hyped for anniversary because vanilla builds will now be more interesting!
Welcome back! Glad to see another samurai build on TH-cam. Tried to watch another one and it just made me itch for another one of your videos!
After watching this video and getting the master piandao vibe it would be cool to see a build with a Zuko theme. Dark elf race the uses fire magic and dual wield scimitars to represent Zukos ability to use firebending and swordsmanship. Zuko also has an amazing character arch that could be used as inspiration for a great backstory for a playthrough.
That's a cool idea. I've also thought of doing an Iroh-inspired build. Old Altmer, Ex-Thalmor General. Destruction (Fire), Illusion (Calm/Courage spells), maybe Speech and Alchemy ('teamaking,' potions that buff destruction damage). Lots of parallels in quests: Not killing Parthunax, reuniting with the Psijic Order (The White Lotus)
Did not expect a Mount & Blade reference! That's always been my favorite combat system, I was so happy to see Chivalry 2 go in that direction.
Amazing! So happy to see another build!
This is my favourite Skyrim build I have ever seen by far, keep up the good work!
Yes yall are back with a great build can a new playthrough. But can we all just say that this charter would sit down and relax in the wild with the ghost of Atmore.
By the Nine, this is a glorious return. An excellent build and look forward to seeing what u come up with next. Senior builds have inspired me to replay Skyrim and try some of these for myself
Love this character so much I would love to watch a show based on him
You guys knocked it out of the park yet again. Keep up the great work
A very fun build to play. I'd venture to say that the reason this build is so popular, as suggested by the views, is because it's a morally good character who puts honor at the forefront. I personally don't care for the less virtuous builds, especially the vampire and conjuration based ones.
I love how you at the exact moment you say that the character "believes in the virtues of combat and prefers to rely on his sword" cast a spell in the video. Gold.
We roleplay his alteration as mind-over-matter battle grit :)
Thank you! I’ve been so stuck for build ideas. I wanted to do a warrior with a twist and this looks perfect! You earned a sub today!
Awesome! Thank you!
OMG I've been waiting for a new build for so looong, THANK YOU IT'S AWESOME ❤
recently started using the redoran exile armor mod and man it goes perfect with the added content.
I love the builds Of The Channel , make more redguards builds please
👀 stay tuned!
I actually playing The Oblivion Sentinel The build is so cool and strong
With creation club i definitely remastered my redguard build. I grabbed the remnant armor add-on, the fishing add-on for the ring of khajiit makes you 10% faster, all perks of restoration, all 5 on armsman, dual savagery and as well as the previous perk 2/2 in it, in destruction to adept perk so you can get Whirlwind Cloak, majority perks in alteration, most perks in alchemy, all 5 in in enchanter and tooked the middle branch of enchanting. My stone was the lover stone until maxxed out to get the atronach stone so i had 80% spell absorption to fight the Thalmor. And my home was the dread man's ship. My weapons was remnant swords.
@@jamesfeerer3966 That sounds like so much fun. Also the remnant armor is 🔥🔥🔥
The idea of a Dark Elf wandering Samurai is awesome gonna try this build out for sure 😁👍
I'm 15 hours into a variant of this character. The immersion, the glass cannon gameplay requiring precise timing, and just how well this build falls into Survival mode- I'm having the best time playing the game since my very first playthrough. Thank you for the work you do.
Wait ?! its like exactly the same build as mine on morrowind like 12 years ago. Wow it bring back strong memories, i think im gonna buy this game again
This is a great build! I love seeing a samurai character so well thought out! Great work!
I can't wait to see what amazing ideas you come up with the abundance of cc content!
I legit screamed when I saw this
hyyyyyyype i’m so stoked !!
This is very cool! been playing anniversary aimlessly so far, but Ive found what I needed.
Nice to see you back! Looking forward to your future anniversary builds.
And just when the world needed them most… they returned
sheesh that man got the drip! that was a nice blademaster build. Glad to see you guys back! despite the "limitations" of the melee fighting system you guys nailed it
Amazing build, really liked the armor combo and the backstory, I'll try to adapt this to my next morrowind playtrough since i dont have skyrim anymore.
Do you know where to get the robes?
A martial artist destruction alteration unarmed build or something like that could be interesting or a traveling cook alchemy build probably cannibalistic or not
I enjoy playing the build of your video his story is solid and i like it's Playstyle
Especially the lack of pride aspect of him is personal appealing to me
New playthrough?
New playthrough haha. Glad y'all are back!
I can’t wait to get this build going.
Welcome back guys, great video as always, I'm really happy you're back
Holy Mother of Pearl! I can't wait to dive into this one. Outstanding as always
While I don’t play vanilla anymore I LOVE this channel for the stories you guys come up with and I use theses builds as a footprint for my modded play👍🏼
This content is CRACKED
So glad to see this epic build and that you guys have returned i missed you guys and your content!
Well well well, this snuck under the radar! No notification or nothing, and that's okay because I'm thoroughly and happily surprised.
Ive probably restarted 10 times now and this might be the build that keeps me going
Would really like to see your take on a witch hunter/witcher style build as that was my most played back in the day
Such an awesome build. Btw, check out Her Hand armor instead of the robes for a more full-blown samurai aesthetic; it looks so sick.
Yes I’ve missed these builds soooooo much
Oh Yeah, the boys are back!!!!!!
Really happy your channel across my Recommended feed, especially as I'm getting back into Skyrim and trying to come up with a build. These videos are beautifully crafted and the lore/backstory is really inspiring. Keep up the amazing work!
Glad you found us, and thanks!!
A moment of truth I usually watch Fudgemuppet Builds but when I saw this in my recommended list and started watching I was in aww, the music, character design and the story I can get on board with this build, seriously well done I really liked the build idea 👏👏👏👏👏
P.S: U've got my like and sub 👊
Ayy thanks for being here!!
Just played a samurai dual wielding blade's recruiter.
Recruiting a blade from each guild.
Really loving your consistency. Love to see you keep them coming !
Had to come back now that we've met his top pupil
Sorry, I pushed the like button before I begin to watch, I'm too excited !
Now I can enjoy the video ! :D
Love this build 👍🏻gonna copy it abit I think 🤔 gonna do a royal samurai build with extravagant robes and the aetherial crown. Goldbrand and elven or glass gauntlet and boots.
Gonna use one handed, block and alteration and maybe smithing in higher level to boost damage output and armour pieces abit. Perhaps some restoration for healing and undead fighting.
Definitely side with dawnguard and do the main story first thing.
Damm this anniversary edition has me pumped for Skyrim again 🤘🏻👍🏻. Love the channel you guys keep it up.
My BF is replaying Ghost Of Tsushima. Gorgeous game. I’ll be trying this out as a companion piece to that. Love this.
Add in the Telvanni robes for aesthetic and that noble samurai lord look really comes to life. I really love playing this build all n all. Good job guys.
Amazing build! That’s my new character sorted
Welcome back this is awesome guys
I’m playing this build now but I used one mod to put an two handed katana in the game basically just an ebony blade with no enchantment it looks awesome. I also added alchemy Fight with honor but don’t let an opponent get the first strike on legendary haha
It’s so good to see another build from u guys and what a great one as well, worth the wait for sure. Keep up the good work 😁
How am I just finding your channel. These builds are incredible. So in depth and fantastic. Great job!
Welcome back gentlemen. Another great build to start off another great season to come.
I wanted to do a samurai and found this video, now I have a Redguard, looking like a Mongol Using these cloths and the Dragonbane. such an easy to make and cool to play build! ^^
My favourite build yet ! Great job indeed!
This is a fun build. I’m a fan of two handed weapon combat in this game but I usually just brute smash my way through everything. I like that this build comes with a “special moves” discussion and the samurai’s vow not to initiate combat. it really helped me step back and look at my play style and incorporate the play mechanics y’all suggest. Though, I still slaughter the undead without wasting time on ceremony.
Another thing I like about this build is the fact it doesn’t rely on enchanting to exist. I struggle with enchanting heavily because it requires the souls of animals and individuals to be trapped in a gem and turn destroyed in fueling that skill. It never quite “clicked” until I did the Dawnguard quest that has you entering into that purgatory-like soul gem and all the folk who are trapped in that hell. In fact, I’ve stopped playing Skyrim on many occasions because this aspect runs me the wrong way. Along with fighting side by side with the vampire lady. I wanted to kill her so many times but the game wouldn’t let me. So I quit. I come back from time to time to see if I can play on moral grounds that don’t cause me to flinch and quit. This build allows me to do that.
Side note, there’s a way to get an ebony greatsword and bow right out of the gate in some tombs southeast of Morthal. Took a bit of work but finally got both weapons.
So good to see you guys again! I missed yall ! Exceptional build as always
Another combination of clothes for those that only have vanilla Skyrim is blue robes and the wooden mask.
Thank you, I thought that their vanilla option didn’t fit well together
I think the next build I play will be something like this. I love your builds they all feel super unique and I think you guys make the absolute best out of the new anniversary edition content, more so than others. I don't really tend to play other people's builds, but you ALWAYS give me inspiration for my playthroughs. Thank u for the tons of inspiration :)
Encore un build incroyable ! Merci pour vos créations, cela me donne de l'inspiration pour mes aventures en Bordeciel :D
Not sure why I hadn't posted on this one before now. As a fan of two-handed builds this one is certainly very interesting to me, and would be a challenge on master difficulty for sure.
I'm not sold on the overall aesthetic, especially the hat, but the overall concept of a lightly armored swordfighter is very cool. I've tried many similar ideas, usually with light armor, and find that the two main weaknesses are - a lack of range, and crowd control. The first can be mitigated with careful positioning and Become Ethereal/Whirlwind Sprint, but the latter is always a concern as convenient chokepoints will not always be available.
I also had an idea earlier, the Shadowrend greatsword has a weakness to magicka enchantment - this could be combined with an elemental cloak and a strong Block skill to weaken enemies while you wait for a moment to strike. The enchantment on the sword is fairly modest, but infinite I think, not sure if it would be effective or not, but worth testing. Kind of a cross between this character and the Reaver.
Anyway, another beautifully presented build, and a joy to watch, as always.
Yeah I think the hat is a love it or hate it aesthetic. I like the shadowrend Idea! Just not a fan of shadowrend itself (it looks way too edgelordy for my tastes).